Images of the Day

Selected by Picture Editor Brenda Fitzsimons

Wed 18 Mar 2020

TAKE A DIP: Trainer Garvan Donnelly's horses, Misty Millie with Ben O'Brien and Queen of Soul with Cody Keogh on board, take a walk in the water on the beach at Mornington, Co Meath. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: KBC chief executive Peter Roebben, AIB chief executive Colin Hunt and Bank of Ireland chief executive Francesca McDonagh leaving the Department of Finance after a meeting with the Minister for Finance during the Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. Photograph: Alan Betson

MEN IN WHITE: An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar along with Minister for Health Simon Harris visit the National Virus Reference Laboratory, at UCD, Belfield, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

THE OTHER SHOE DROPS: Doors close on Brown Thomas, Grafton Street, Dublin. It, Arnotts and Penneys were among the major retailers to shut indefinitely on Wednesday in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

FRANCE: Medical staff at the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg airport where one of six patients infected wIth the coronavirus was evacuated. Photograph: French Army/AFP

COLOMBIA: People queue with full carts at a supermarket in Cali, Colombia. Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images

TOUGH TIMES: Traders wait after trading was halted on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

CHECK: Russian chess players Alexander Grischuk and Ian Nepomniachtchi greet each other with an elbow bump instead of a traditional handshake during the Candidates Tournament, organised by the International Chess Federation in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Photograph: Maria Emelianova/FIDE/Handout via Reuters

SIGN OF THE TIMES: A white structure, described by local media as a temporary mortuary, is seen in the grounds of Westminster Coroner's Court in London. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

TURKEY: People walk with mask at the Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey. Health minister Fahrettin Koca said on Tuesday there were 98 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and one related death in the country. Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPA